I allow dogs in my rentals, but not breeds excluded in my insurance policy.  Rotts, pitbulls, Dobermans.  When I informed an applicant of these restrictions, she told me her dog was a pitbull, but a therapy dog, and s...

I had 1 rental property in the past, thought this would be the starter rental to my portfolio ended up being a money pit and drove me away from real estate investing.  want to get to a point that I am living off unear...

Hi! I am in love with historic homes. Anything with quirky character, beautiful moldings, and a fireplace is ideal in my book. But do older homes make for poor investments? I feel like they can easily become a money p...

Just got a call in Indiana from a lady whose kid has a pit as a "service" dog. Thoughts on this? Can I still discriminate against the breed as I normally do with pits, rotts and so on even if they have papers?

Hi All.  I just learned that my tenant has 2 pit bulls in my rental home.  I have an eviction pending for unpaid rent,  which can take place as early as Tuesday if she doesn't file appeal, but I just learned from a ne...

Saw what looked to be a great deal to perform several strategies I have seen on BP. I could house hack for a year or try to burrrrr the property.either way I just set up a visit to check it out and get more info. In b...

I recently purchased a Duplex and one tenant has a pair of Pit Bulls. He was on a month to month lease I have given him 60 Days Notice to vacate. He is on day 30 of 60, has paid the moth's rent as required and ha...

Hey BP -
Ive got an insurance dilemma I'm looking for advice on. I'm in contract on a property that has existing tenants. The lease clearly states no pets. However, when I went to view the property they had 2 dog...

I’m looking at multi family homes in the Cleveland, Ohio area. Some of these homes were built in the early 1900s, but the cash flow is great. The cap rate is about 7.9 - if my numbers are correct. Looking for a little...

Am looking at this triplex which has a good positive cash flow and has a good rental record, with vacancy less than 5%. Its probably in B- neighborhood. I am estimating 10% cap rate, 5% repair and 10% PM costs and hav...